"Pill Refining Ranking?"
"Th-this is one hell of a rule!"
"Wait, why is this Pill Refining Ranking nothing like I imagined?"
"I didn't guess that this ranking would be about pill refining, and I certainly didn't expect the rules to be like this."
"Holy crap, this... This time, is the Eternal Ranking going to be based entirely on factions? And in the end, an entire faction will become the ruler?"
"You know what the last Eternal Ranking was like?"
"No."
"Then how can you be so sure it wasn't like this last time?"
"Ah... You have a point."
The appearance of the Pill Refining Ranking caught everyone off guard. Only Chen Changan and his group had prepared in advance.
With only one day left until the secret realm opened, everyone from the other factions began hurriedly discussing who would be best suited to enter.
"What are you nervous about?"
Chen Changan was curious, too. He'd never seen Zhang Ergou look nervous before.
"I... I'm worried I'll hold everyone back," Zhang Ergou said with a frown.
"Don't worry."
"Leave everything to him. Even though it's a points-based ranking, maybe his points alone will be enough to surpass everyone else."
"Just think of it as coming along to see the sights and learn a little about pill refining," Mu Yunyao said with a smile.
"All right."
"I hope I can contribute something."
Zhang Ergou didn't like being a mere figurehead, and she didn't want to be one, either.
But when she was with Chen Changan and the others, she had indeed become just that, without even realizing it.
Not just Chen Changan and Mu Yunyao—even Chen Tian and Jian Dan seemed beyond her.
"I wonder who the other factions are choosing."
"Will they..."
"Forget it. It doesn't matter who they pick. You're